Game board or table



May 20, 1924. 1 1.4%,566,

c. AGATISTEIN ET AL GAME BOARD OR TABLE Filed Jan. 21, 922. 2 Shoots-Shiv. 1

May 20, 1924. Y 1,491,566:

C. AGATSTEIN ET AL GAME BOARD OR TABLE Filed Jan. 21. 19?? V 2 Shoots-Shoot 2 '7. fligyaZ y y 7 W Ill ml I /7/"'///////////////// 021A I ll Patented May 20, 1924.

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PATENT OFFICE. I

a GAME BoAImoR TABLE.

Application filed January 21, 1922. seriai-nolssolvea. f

To all'witomz't may concern 1 Be it known thatwe, CHARLES AeA'rs'rEaN and LEWIS SILVER,. CllZl-ZQI1SQO the United States, residing. at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia? and Stateof Pennsylvania, have inve'ntednew and useful Improvements in Game Boardsor Tables, of which the following, is a specification.

Ourinvention relates to a newrand useful improvement in game boards or tables, and has forzits object to so construct such atable as to provide for. the; playing'of one ormore amusing games by requiring :a .certain amount of skillyet may. be played by persons of relatively small skill with great interestm 1 v A further object of our invention is to provide in combination with such aboard or table receptacles forthercue balls and scoring pegs used i'n playing a game With these ends; in view this. invention consists in the detailsof construction and combination of elements hereinafter. set forth and then specificallydesignated by the claims In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains, may under stand how to make and use the same, we will describe its construction in detail, referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, in which Fig. 1, is an isometrical view of a board made in accordance with our improvement. Fig. 2, is a section at the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3. to be used in playing the game.

Fig. 4:, is an isometrical view of the quadrangle frame for placing the ob ect is a detail View of a cue adapted by closing thereceptacles as will be readily understood. ,v I

6 representsa compartment located beneath the board which also may be closed by a doorv similar to those just described, ,pivotedat 6' so as to swing across the opening to A the receptacle.

This receptacle is.

adapted to'receive the balls when the game is notlbeing played.

- .Upon the upper surfaceof the" board is located a cage 7 through which gaps 8 are formed for the purpose hereinafter set forth and within this cage are formed a series of depressions or pockets 9 in the upper end of the board which pockets may be distinguished fromeach other by various colors or by numbers, letters or other designations. Leading. from each corner of the board to one of the gaps in theicage is a runway 10 which gradually increases in width from the corner of the board to the gap as clearly shown in, Fig. 1. These runways are intended to give thecue balls a general direction when being shot into the cage...

11represent's a quadr'angle. frame which is utilized fo'r placing the object balls 12 in the center of the cage. and in such position that when theframe is removed from around the balls the balls at each angle of the nest will be located opposite one of the gaps in the cage.

c 13 represent small holes arranged in series for the reception of suitable pegs whereby the score of the game may be accu-- rately and conveniently kept after the mannerof a cribbage board.

When playing one of the games in which the board is especially adapted the balls 12 are nested as before described in the center of the cage; a cue ball 14 of smaller diameter thanthe object balls is placed at the outer end of one of the runways 10* and one of the players manipulating the cue projects this ball along the runway with such force as to scatter the object balls and these object balls if too large to pass through the aps in the cage a certain number if not all of them will ultimately fall into the pockets 9 and the score thus gained is then registered by the changing of a counting peg in a series of holes 13.

On account of each of the runways widening toward the cage a certain amount of skill may be exercised in shooting the cue ball so as to scatter the object balls to more effectually cause the latter to fall within the pockets yet the leeway allowed for this exercise of skill is sufficiently limited to enable persons of little or no skill to gain great amusement in playing the game.

While'the runways 10 may be formed by grooving the upper surface of the board they may also be formed by securing strips 15 upon theboard as indicatedin Fig. 5.

While our improved game board is especially adapted for the use of young persons and when constructed .for such use is preferably of the form shownin the drawings, but may be utilized for older persons or or tournament purposes in which casethe board may be mounted upon suitable legs giving it the effect of a table and, the r nways may be further widened at their inner ends so as to provide for the exerciseof greater skill and thereby givethe gamethe same general scope of pool or pocket billiards. g

It is obvious that a single object ball may be placed in the center of the cage the player attempting to so; strike this single object ball with the cue ball as to cause it to fall into a particular pocket such ause of the, game would require as great or'more skill as the playing of bil'liards.

Of course we do not wi'shto be limited to the exact details of construction as here in shown, as these may be varied within the limits of. the appended claims without departing from the spirit of our invention.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new and useful is l. game board comprising in combinatin, a rectangularboard having depressed trough-like runways located on the diagonals, of said. board and leading from the corners toward'the center thereof, said central portion of the board having pockets formed therein, and a cage enclosing the central portion of the board with gaps aligning with the runways.

V 2. A game board having a portion of its uppersurfaceenclosed in 'a' cage, said cage having gaps therein, said board provided with trough Iike runways leading from the outer portions ofthe" board to said gaps,

said runways gradually increasing in width 1 toward 'the 'j'gaps'l i 3. ng ame beard comprising in combination, a rectangularboardhavin'g depressed trough-like runways located on the dihaving gaps aligningwith the" runways.

In testimony"whereofjwe have hereunto aflixed; signatures;

" CHARLES AGATSTEIN.

LEWIS SILVER. 

